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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Bonwell, Joseph Robin
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Description area
Dates of existence
1877-1962
History
Joseph Robin Bonwell was born on April 14, 1877, in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
He was an American businessman, editor, and naturalist. He attended business college in Nebraska City. He worked for Charles T. Lupton, a geologist who first surveyed northern Wyoming and western Montana. In 1906, he moved to Basin, Montana, where he served as the editor of "The Republican" newspaper for several years. Additionally, he was a justice of the peace for thirty years and served as a U.S. commissioner. Since the 1920s, he also operated a greenhouse.
In 1917, he married Esther Maria Brandt (1892–1974). He died on March 3, 1962, in Sheridan, Wyoming.